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Originally Posted by demonspeed
There was a composite roof skin. That picture I posted is the steel roof frame -- that's it -- holes and all. The side pieces would be removed if t-tops were specified, but they're thin, hollow sheet metal.
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Don't underestimate the structural contribution to chassis stiffness of what are essentially thinwall tubes - as long as they are loaded in their stiff/strong directions. These pieces of roof side structure are basically the entire difference in roof structure between a convertible and a coupe.
Norm